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<You never answered me, Jake,> he said. <Lion versus tiger. Who do you think will win?>
<Let’s find out,> I said.
Instantly he was a tan blur, racing straight at me, low to the ground.
So fast! Faster than a human could react. So fast that human prey would not have had time to scream.
But I wasn’t human.
Like a runaway train he came at me, yellow fangs bared. I sat back on my haunches, gathering power into my legs and lowering my own sleek head.
We hit! His jaws raked past my ear. I twisted and sank my teeth into his …
Into his mane! My teeth closed on nothing but hair!